Word

ἀνακαινόω

anakainóō · G341 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to make new, renewal

To cause something to become new and different, with the implication of becoming superior

Examples
2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.
Colossians 3:10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it—
to renew, to restore, to bring back

To cause a change to a previous, preferable state

Examples
2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed day by day.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔσωinside 1
Not stated (participle) 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto+ ἐπίγνωσιςknowledge 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ εἰκώνlikeness 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

νέοςnew 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To renew, to restore, to bring back13.67: In 2 Corinthians 4:16, Paul writes that “though our outer person is decaying, yet our inner person is being renewed (anakainoũtai) day by day,” describing an ongoing restoration over time.
To make new, renewal58.72: In Colossians 3:10, believers have “put on the new self, which is being renewed (anakainoúmenon) to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it,” describing a qualitative transformation into a new kind of existence.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

καινός kainós · G2537 · new, recent · 42×ἀνακαινόωanakainóō · G341ἀνακαίνωσις anakaínōsis · G342 · to make new, renewal · 2×ἐγκαινίζω enkainízō · G1457 · to put into effect, to put into force, to establish · 2×καινότης kainótēs · G2538 · newness · 2×ἀνακαινίζω anakainízō · G340 · to renew, to restore, to bring back · 1×ἐγκαίνια enkaínia · G1456 · the festival of dedication of the Temple · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ῶ: (present passive ἀνακαινοῦμαι); a word peculiar to the apostle Paul; properly, "to…

(ῶ: (present passive ἀνακαινοῦμαι); a word peculiar to the apostle Paul; properly, "to cause to grow up (ἀνά) new, to make new"; passive, new strength and vigor is given to me, 2 Cor 4:16; to be changed into a new kind of life, opposed to the former corrupt state, Col 3:10. Cf. Winers De verb. comp. Part iii., p. 10 (or Meyer on Colossians, the passage cited; Test. xii. Patr., test. Levi 16, 17ἀνακαινοποιέω. Cf. Köstlin in Herzog edition 2, 1:477f.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Change of State1 occurrence New, Old [primarily non-temporal]2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0